The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1887-10-12
A. F. AND A. M.
Grand Lodge Communication at Helena. Much
Business Transacted.

The twenty. annual communica-
tion of the Masonc Grand Lodge of Mon.
tana convened at Masonic Temple in
Helena on Wednesday morning, Oct, 9Th
and continued in session three days,
transacting vast amount of business.
All but one lodge was represented and
the attendance of visitors was unusually
large throughout. Grand Master Word,
presided and on the afternoon of the first
day delivered the annual address, which
was of great interest to the craft at large
as well as the $500 brethern in the Mon
tana Jurisdiction.
Among the important transactions
made public was the election of officers,
of the Grand Lodge for the ensuing
year. J. W. Hathaway, of Helena, sup
erseded M. W. G. NJ. Samuel Word; A.
G. Logan, was promoted to the position
of R. W. d. G. NJ. in place of Mr.. Hath.
away; d. E. Folsom of White Sulphur
Springs, stepped upward to Logan S place
as R. W. j. G. W. and Geo. w. Dart
advanced to Folsom's place as r. w. G.
Cornelius Hedges was reelected grand
secretary and II. W. Parchen, grand
treasurer; positions both have acceptably
filled for many years.
James W. Hathaway, NJ. W. G. NJ, is
at present sheriff of Lewis and Clarke
county and is forty-three years old. He
came to Montana in 1864 and has since
been known and est ,emed throughout
Montana for those qualities which re-
commended him to the high honor the
Masons of Montana have bestowed upon
him,
Grand Master Hathaway announced
his appointments as follows:
r. W. G. Chaplain-F. T. Webb,
r. W. G. Historian John McGinness,
Billings.
R. W. g. Lecturer-J. l.. Sloan, Mis-.
soula.
R. W. G. Orator-Charles II. Gould.
Miles.
q. Marshal-C. X. Hardenbl ook. Deer
Lodge.
Sc. Deacon-A. X. Yerkes.
J. g. Deacdn-W. J. Kennedy.
6. Standard Bearer-C. W. Newton.
G, Sword Bearer-Thos Stees.
S.G. Stewart-Eli D. Holland.
j. Il. Stewart-1. W. Baker.
Grand Tyler-Daniel Jewett.
1t was decided that the next annual
communication of the Grand Lodge
should be held in Missoula, the brethren
of that place having urgently requested
that they be 30 honored.
At the closing hour, NJ. w. G. NJ.
Word presented his successor with a
handsome and costly solid gold signet
ring, bearing the impress of the lions
paw. This ring is to be worn by each
successive Grand Master, and handed
down through coming years from one to
the other.
On Friday evening, after the concIu-
sion of the business of the session,
which was closed in commemoration of
Brother Past Grand Master Hugh Dun
can, by singing Burns Farewell to his
lodge, the members adjourned to the
refreshment room in the same building,
where two hundred Masons, their wives,
daughters and sweethearts sat dow to
an elegant collation., and ate to the sweet
strains of orchestral music After this
the younger people tripped the light
fantastic in the adjoining hall, while the
older people passed the evening with
social converse, heartily welcoming their
brethren from abroad, and extending 10
Them the courtesies of hospitable
people.
One pleasing feature of the Grand
Lodge this year was the presence of the
venerable and venerated Robt. Morris
poet laureate OF Masonry. Although
very old, this learned historian of Ma
sonic lore was enabled to address this
members for over an hour, holding them
intensely interested by his recital #
things Masonic in countries where the
order originated.